A kindergarten student raises her hand during a reading lesson in Jennifer Lee’s class at Southwest Primary School in Hickory, N.C. Credit: Ariel Gilreath for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...

Yerington Elementary is trying something new. They’re working towards implementing teaching science in every classroom as part of their school improvement program. This year, the school is ...

Sherry Jackson teaches zoology at North Central High School in Washington Township Schools, where she emphasizes hands-on ...

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Most teachers worldwide still believe myths about learning decades after they have been debunked. Here are the most common.

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

INDIANAPOLIS — There is a reading crisis happening inside our schools, and it’s impacting some of our youngest students. According to the Indiana Department of Education, one in five students can’t ...

Some County elementary schools previously failed to teach science to students, likely because they prioritized English language studies instead, according to a district official. “What we found … is ...

Amid a deepening national literacy crisis, awareness is growing that far too many California children do not know how to read. The problem is not that our children can’t learn, experts say, but that ...

Parents started an online petition that makes a number of accusations towards the school, including removing science from the fourth-grade curriculum.

Completing the elementary education undergraduate program enables candidates to teach in self-contained classrooms in grades one through six. To teach in specific subject areas in departmentalized ...

This story is being published as part of a collaboration between The Post and Courier and The Hechinger Report. It is part of a broader series on solutions to reading loss children across the country ...